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, Letters'Patentll o. 77,675, dated May 5, 1868.

' IMPROVEMENT IN HARVESTER-RAKES.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it' known that I, OLE O. STORLE, of North Cape, county of Racine, and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Grain-Raking Droppers; and Ido hereby declare that'the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the artto make and use the 7 same, reference being had to the'accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of the dropper, with the rake in position to rake the grain 'to the tilter.

- Figure 2, a side view of the dropper at the time agavel has just been dropped.

Figure 3, a back view of .the dropper with the rake standingupright, just ready to drop on the platform. Similar letters of reference in each of the figures indicate corresponding parts.

-- The object of my invention is to produce a machine which will gather the grain in gavels, and drop them at the side of the harv ester,,on which it is used, ready for binding, and out of the wayof the horses when they come round again, ifthe grain is not bound and removed.

' A is the platform, on which the grain falls when cut; 13, the rake; C, endless chain, with which the rake is operated; D and D, spur-wheels, which operate the chain 0; E, rake-way; "F, rake-frame, with slides on way E, and is attached to chain 0;. G, lever on the rake-frame, which raises and lowers the rake; H,-joi'nted rods of the rake-frame, with which the rake is raised to an upright position by lever, G; I, tilter,. which throws the grain from the platform A when gathered in gavels by the rake; K, shaft with arms, against which the grain is raked to form a close gavel; L, jointed connections from tilter to shaft K; M, lever on the tilter-shaft, with which to discharge the grain; N, lever on the tilter-shaft with which to bring the tilter back in position after the grain is discharged; 0, pin on the rake-frame, which operates the tilter; P,,shaft, with pinion 'on ital end meshing into a pinion on the shaft of spur-wheel D, with which the gearing of the dropper is operated.

Operation. The dropper beiug'attached to a harvester, with shaft P-connected'to the revolving works of the harvester,

so that it will' revolve as the harvester moves, spur-wheel D is put in m0tion,moving chain G round it, and spur-wheel D moving the rake. 'As the rake is brought to the tilter, it brings the grain on the platform forward with it, raking itc to the tilter, and pressingit against the arms of'shaft K, the pin 0 holding the shaft K and tilter firmly in position by being above the straight part of lever N till a compact bundle is made. The pin 0 then slides under lever M, raising the edge of the tilter next the rake, and, as it rises,the jointed connection L turns shaft opening its arms, and the gavel falls-to the ground. The chain moving on, round spur-wheel raising the rake by the lever G to a perpendicular position, and it is carried back on way E. Pin 0, striking lever N, brings the tilter I. and shaft-K back to the proper -position to receive another gavel. Rake B rides back on the way E to the spur-wheel D, and as the chain G, where the rake is attached to it, passes round the -spur-wheel D, the lever G. throws the rake from its perpendicular position on to the platform A,.when ittravels forward toward the tilter, again collecting another gavel, in order that when thegra-in is thin, the gavels may not he too small. A clutch may be put on shaft P, to beunder the control of the driver, so that bythrowing it out of gear, the rake may be s topped'at the position shown, (fig. 3,) till grain enough is cut and on the platform to make a gavel the size desired, when it can be thrown into gear again, and the rake go forward and clearv the platform. v

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. Tilter I, levers'M and N, rake-frame F, and pin 0, in combination substantially as described.

2. Bake 'B,'chain C, spur-wheels D and D, and rake-frame F, and lever Gr,in combination, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. Bake B, tilter I, shaft K,'ral 'e-frame F, lever G, levers M and N, and pin 0, in combination, substantially as and for the purpose described. 4

i OLE O, STORLE.

Witnesses:

J. B. SMITH, PERCY B. Sm'rn. 

